Granados 83 Hotel - Barcelona

There is also an exterior swimming pool and solarium, Japanese Garden, Hindu antiques, a palm tree garden, video library, cocktail bar and business centre.

All rooms are arranged as elegantly minimalist light-drenched spaces where iron, brick, zebra wood and wood from the tamarind tree, raw leather and white Thassos marble are masterfully blended. All rooms have A/C, tv, satellite tv, plasma screen, direct dialling, mini bar, internet wireless.

At the moment there is only a breakfast room in the lower ground floor. Restaurant will be available in due time.

Inside beats the spirit of the buildings with riveted iron pieces and brick characteristics of the "industrial and manufacturing" Barcelona. The true heart is the central courtyard with its skylight and a spectacular glass roof.

This is a six storey floor building with a classical facade that melds seamlessly into the orderly grid of the Eixample.